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Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill allowing school chaplains, says satanists need not apply
The governor also predicted the state would prevail if the new law draws a legal challenge over separation of church and state concerns.
By Michael Moline, Florida Phoenix
Tags: Florida News, Education, school chaplain bill, Ron DeSantis, Florida schools, Florida students, Florida education bill, counseling, Christian nationalism
Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill requiring lessons on communism starting in kindergarten
'We’re going to tell the truth about the evils of communism'
By Ryan Dailey, NSF
Tags: Florida News, Education, Ron DeSantis, history of communism, communism bill Florida, Florida students, Florida schools, communism lessons
Federal judge blocks Florida's pronoun restriction law for teachers
The challenge alleged the law violates the teachers’ First Amendment rights and runs afoul of a federal civil-rights law
By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida
Tags: Florida News, Education, LGBTQ+, Florida pronoun bill, Florida teachers, Florida schools
Florida wants to limit book objections from people who don't have kids in school
Senate President Kathleen Passidomo said some Floridians have gone 'overboard' with filing the challenges
Tags: Florida News, Education, Florida book bans, Kathleen Passidomo, Ron DeSantis, Florida schools, Florida education
Florida Senate passes proposal to teach kindergarteners about threat of communism
The bill would need approval from the House before it could go to the desk of Gov. Ron DeSantis
By News Service of Florida
Tags: Florida News, Education, Florida communism bill, Florida schools, Florida education
Florida House approves bill to proposal to allow chaplains in schools
Critics say the bill is unconstitutional
Tags: Florida News, Education, Florida schools, chaplains in schools, Florida chaplains bill, Florida 2024 legislative session
Florida bill to teach kindergarteners about threats of communism gets Senate approval
The bill would require schools to teach the history of communism in all grades starting in the 2026-2027 school year
Tags: Florida News, Education, Florida education, Florida schools, communism
Florida bill would require schools to teach about communism starting in kindergarten
The requirement would take effect in the 2026-2027 school year, and lessons would have to be 'age appropriate'
Tags: Florida News, Education, Florida schools, history of communism, education bill
Florida bill would require parents to 'opt in' for students to receive corporal punishment
During the 2022-2023 school year, the state had 509 reported incidents of corporal punishment in 18 districts
Tags: Florida News, Education, Florida schools, corporal punishment
Florida school book bans could cost $100 under new bill
School districts would have to return money to people if their objections are upheld
Tags: Florida News, Education, Florida book bans, banned books, Florida education, Florida schools, Ron DeSantis
Florida Republican files bill to allow chaplains in schools
Parents would have to give written consent for their children to receive services from chaplains
Tags: Florida News, Education, Florida schools, chaplains, Ron DeSantis, Florida education
Teachers sue Florida over preferred pronoun restrictions in schools
The plaintiffs say the law unconstitutionally discriminates against transgender and nonbinary educators
Tags: Florida News, Education, personal pronouns, Florida teachers, Ron DeSantis, Florida schools
‘My God made no mistakes’: Judge backs Florida teacher who refused to use student’s preferred pronouns
Miami-Dade County school district terminated the science teacher in 2020 after a complaint about the incident
By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida
Tags: Florida News, LGBTQ+, Education, Florida education, Florida schools, preferred pronouns, Florida education law
Non-profit calls on Florida to release information on private schools accepting state vouchers
The Florida Policy Institute is seeking information about the taxpayer-funded vouchers and other details
Tags: Florida News, Education, private school vouchers, school vouchers, Florida schools, Florida education, Florida Department of Education, Ron DeSantis
Judge throws out challenge to Florida's 'don't say gay' education law, again
For the second time in less than a year, a judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging the 2022 state law
Tags: Florida News, Education, Florida education law, Ron DeSantis, Florida education, Florida schools, gender identity, sexual orientation, Parental Rights in Education, don't say gay
New College group says new state law censors courses, files federal lawsuit
Plaintiffs in the lawsuit include the group NCF Freedom, Inc. and New College professors and students
Tags: Florida News, Education, Florida schools, New College of Florida, Ron DeSantis
Florida school districts grapple with uncertainty surrounding AP Psych course
The issue poses a potential minefield for teachers trying to prepare students for college, follow course curriculums and obey state laws
Tags: Florida News, Education, Florida schools, Florida education, AP Psychology, AP courses, AP Psych, Florida teachers, Ron DeSantis, College Board
Lake County says ‘And Tango Makes Three’ is no longer banned from schools, wants lawsuit tossed out
The lawsuit alleges the district violated First Amendment rights when it removed the book, which is about a penguin family
Tags: Orlando Area News, Education, Lake County schools, Florida schools, Florida education, banned books, banned books in Florida, And Tango Makes Three, Ron DeSantis, Florida book ban
Vice President Kamala Harris sets some things straight in Orlando today
Harris most recently appeared in Jacksonville to criticize Florida’s controversial new Black history curriculum
By Chloe Greenberg
Tags: Orlando Area News, Kamala Harris, Ron DeSantis, Florida Black history, Florida education, Florida curriculum, Black history standards, African American history standards, Florida schools
Florida Black lawmakers press state to change new school curriculum that says slaves benefited from slavery
The standards have drawn criticism from the White House and prompted a defense from Gov. DeSantis
Tags: Florida News, Education, Florida Black history, Florida Legislative Black Caucus, Florida education, Florida Black history curriculum, Ron DeSantis, African American history, Florida schools
Florida approves PragerU’s conservative ‘curriculum’ to be used in schools
Descriptions of the content on the PragerU website bill it as 'the leading network with educational, entertaining, pro-American kids shows for every grade'
Tags: Florida News, Education, Ron DeSantis, PragerU, Florida schools, Florida education, conservative nonprofit
Vice President Harris condemns Florida’s ‘extremist’ leaders over education guidelines about slavery
Harris joined numerous Black leaders throughout the country in criticizing state officials for signing off on the curriculum changes
Tags: Florida News, Kamala Harris, Ron DeSantis, Florida Black history, African American history, Florida education, Florida curriculum, Florida schools
Florida education board approves new rules on bathroom use and preferred pronouns in public schools
The revised rule came after Gov. DeSantis and lawmakers approved a law prohibiting instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity
Tags: Florida News, Education, Florida education, Florida schools, gender identity, sexual orientation, Ron DeSantis, bathroom use, preferred pronouns, LGBTQ+ students
Florida Board of Education tees up rules prohibiting TikTok, preferred pronouns in schools
The proposals will go before the board during a meeting Wednesday
Tags: Florida News, Education, Florida education, Florida schools, TikTok, preferred pronouns in schools, LGBTQ+ legislation, Ron DeSantis, Florida Board of Education, Florida Department of Education, Florida classrooms
New proposals target TikTok, adult performances and preferred names at Florida schools
Some of the proposed rules stem from controversial new state laws set to go into effect Saturday
Tags: Florida News, Education, Ron DeSantis, Florida schools, Florida education, TikTok, adult performances, education bill
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Orlando is the least walkable city in the country, says study
Florida lobbyists leaned on pols to get ban on local heat safety and wage laws across the finish line, records show
By McKenna Schueler
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By Alexandra Sullivan
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By Jim Leatherman
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